Re: New vs. Used Suspension

[kdbinney@juno.com (Kyle D Binney)]

As for HOR springs, mine are nice after a year and a half or so, I love
them.  But we had this discussion before.  Suspention techniques springs
are kinda shady from what I hear.  If you just want to lower and slightly
improve handling they seem OK.  If you want real handling then avoid them
though.  Spax springs I'm told are pretty soft, They rely on the strut or
shock to stiffen them up, But I have no actual experience with them, just
a few peoples opinions.

Kyle

On Tue, 27 May 1997 16:48:37 -0500 (CDT) trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com (Shawn C.
Meze) writes:
>At 12:56 PM 5/27/97 PDT, you wrote:
>>Hello all,
>>
>>	I just had a question about suspension components. I noticed 
>alot of
>>people here and in other places on the web selling use sway 
>bars,anti-roll bars,
>>springs and the like. My question is if I were to purchase some of 
>these parts
>>would they last for awhile or would they "wear out". Do these parts 
>tend to 
>>weaken after a while. I am looking to get my car on the road soon and 
>want it to
>>perfor well. I don't want to race it right off the bat but maybe 
>eventually.
>
>
>It depends on what you want to change in your car. If you like the 
>stock 
>suspension and the way it handles, leave it alone, enjoy. if you want 
>better 
>cornering and handeling, then look into buying some aftermarket, or, 
>if your car 
>came without them, stock swaybars. 
>(FYI,  sway bars and anti-roll bars are the same thing. Its one of 
>those multi 
>named items.)  
>Id say that these parts do, in time wear out. BUT, they will last a 
>long time 
>before they you wear out. Typically, swaybars break first. 
>If you are budget minded then the net is a great place to find 
>excelent deals on 
>used suspension pieces. Just be sure to ask if they're complete or 
>not. I ended 
>up having to buy a few bolts and stuff for my front swaybar.
> 
>
>
>>Thanks for any and all information and I welcome any suggestions as 
>to brands
>>and alternatives.
>
>
>Theres all kinda of aftermarket suspension items. From my experience, 
>the spring 
>to aviod are HOR and Suspension Techniques. Ive seen and heard of 
>these 2 brands 
>having mixed spring rates in a set and also getting very soft, very 
>fast. 
>(longevity problems). 
>I've heard no problems from Spax users (not that I know many..) and 
>Neuspeed (H&R 
>is the same spring maker as Neuspeed.)
>
>On swaybars, there are many makers of these as well. Lately, i've 
>heard alot of 
>breaking problems with the Hollow swaybars. To me, in theory, these 
>should be 
>stronger but if the wrong alloy is used, then it doesnt matter how 
>well a swaybar 
>is engineered. If the metal is flawed, it will fail.
>HTH!
>
>
>Shawn
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